Edward Macdonald Hay CHAPMAN (2)

September 2018 New replacement stone on the grave of -

Midshipman, Edward Macdonald Hay CHAPMAN, Royal Navy Reserve of the P and O. S.S. Himalaya, eldest son of Reverend Joseph Chapman of St Paul's Vicarage, Sale, Cheshire died at Malta on the 29th November 1919 from enteric fever aged 18. He was an apprentice on board S.S. Himalaya. His mother was Violet Mary Gwendoline nee Hay. He was baptised 17th November 1901 at Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire. In 1911 aged 9 he was living with his parents and siblings at 77, Lansdowne Road, West Didsbury, Manchester. (Uk, Navy List, 1888-1970, Ancestry) 6th May 1918 while stationed at Yarmouth became Temporary Midshipman.

At rest in Ta Braxia Cemetery, Malta.

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